This is what has come of me learning about site statistics and stuff. I joined something called the The Truth Laid Bear and it shows who and how many people link to you.

According to TLLB, 9 stopped linking to this site last night. That's a huge bump for a little site like mine.

I thought it might have to do with my post about Librarians and the Patriot Act. But a nice reader pointed out, it probably was a glitch.

If not, if they disagreed with my 'Librarian Love' - and dropped the link, good on them.

I hate when people complain about reality shows but keep watching them. These people did exactly right - they chose to delete Corporate Mommy from their worlds.

And in the grand scheme of things, I don't care much if a I'm a TLLB "fish" or a "rodent". It's a fun thing, but it isn't important.

Now, I'm off to the library. Because I go every week. And because I've decided that Bear and I are making some cookies for our own personal "Thank a Librarian" Day.

Posted by: Elizabeth at 05:11 AM | Comments (7) | Add Comment
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1 Elizabeth, they didn't necessarily unlink to you. My linkage goes up and down all the time; because somedays I comment a lot on other people's blogs and somedays I don't. Some days I track back, and somedays I don't. Some days (but more rarely) people track back to my post. All these count as a link. (from my understanding) So the nine losses could simply be people whose pages you commented on, linked to, ecetera. So it could be that

Posted by: Rachel Ann at October 26, 2004 05:41 AM (QqZV4)

2 Hmm, I have no idea about all of that...I stopped keeping track of mine long ago. I link to rss feeds via bloglines.

Posted by: Cheryl at October 26, 2004 07:16 AM (vIpJW)

3 you guys are all waaaaay so much more technical than me. I don't even know what a trackback is. I'm pretty sure I've finally figured out links, though.

Posted by: kalisah at October 27, 2004 12:36 PM (rU32B)

4 OK, from me to you: Back away from TTLB. Just back away. Put the TTLB bear down. You don't want it. All it does is confuse/depress/annoy people. I think TTLB is wildly innacurate, and I simply disregard it. I write for me, and you have The Gift. The Writing Gift. So never go back to TTLB and know this: people think you're fab (and I am a big one of those.) Scr*w TTLB. Just write. Helen VP of MAS

Posted by: Helen at October 27, 2004 11:23 PM (DCpYG)

5 ....or it coud be all of those crazy librarians!

Posted by: Genuine at October 29, 2004 03:54 AM (8cRqB)

6 Screw 'em. It just gives the rest of us a bigger slice of the pie. ;-)

Posted by: Jim at November 05, 2004 02:41 AM (tyQ8y)

7 Bless you, ma'am! We librarians need more patrons like you!

Posted by: Tiny Librarian at December 10, 2004 08:43 AM (Wq/Wc)

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